WAR ON POLICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1920, Page 5

WAR ON POLICE.

NEW SINN FEIN OUTRAGE. JVILD SCENES IN A TOWN, Br tttaeriiilL—Pms Aan>-Copyrlght. Received Jul 25,6.5 p.m. London, Jan. 22. A sew crop of outrages is reported from Ireland. A constable was seriously wounded last ni£ht at Tknrlea, which is in a protbisud area, and is the centre of the moat disaffected country, where several pobee have been killed. Three bullets entered the constable's body. Military and armed police arrived an hour after the outrage. The inhabitants report that a reßgn of terror followed, •sidierg firing volleys and smashing win4awi with the butts of their rifles. There *tre wild scenes, lasting an hour and a half, and it is estimated that £SOOO damage was done to house property. The citizens are indignant, but the clergy are exercising a restraining injfasoee. The district police inspector wrtNsied regret for the occurrence. . ' foe wounded constable was surcessfkdr/ operated on in a Dublin hospital. Doctors called for volunteers for the jtra&aftistm of blood, and a hundred and fifty responded. A constable was selectled.. There was great excitement in Dublin When it was learned that Mr. Redmond (Assistant Commissioner of Police) had been shot outside the. Sinn Fein headquarters in Harcourt Street. Two shots •were fired from the opposite side of the (Street, Mr. Redmond was found with an automatic pistol in his hand. It is surmised he drew the pistol after the first shot, which missed him. The second fSMtrated hi* brain, and death wis in-itanfcanenus.—aAus.-N.Z. Cable. Assn. Received Jan. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 23. The constable who was wounded at Thurles is dead. lb returning its verdict, a Dublin jury expressed abhorrence at the dastardly outrage by unknown persons in wilfully murdering Mr. Redmond.—Aus.sl. Cable Assn. DISORDER TO BE SUPPRESSED. STATEMENT BY THE VICEROY. ■HOPELESS PICTURE OF THE FUTURE." deceived Jan. 25, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. 23. The Dublin correspondent of Le Journal ititea that he interviewed Lord French, who expressed his determination to suppress disorder, even if martial law was necessary. He drew a hopeless picture of the future. It seemed likely that a period of peace would follow the restoration of "or4*r, bit it -was probable that trouble would break out again later. Lord French declined to discuss the prospect of satisfying the Irish by means of a generous measure of Home Rule. He | said that that was the task of Mr. J. L Hacphefkon (Chief Secretary for Ire-laad,.—Aus.-N_Z. Cable Aasn. LABOR PARTY'S COMMISSION. A CHILLING RECEPKON. Received Jan. 25, 55 pjn. London, Jan. 22. The British Labor Party's Commission to investigate the Irish situation has received a chilling reception, especially from Sinn Fein and the transport workers. Neither organisation has yet answered, the invitation to give evidence before the Commission. So far the Commission has inquired into the condition of school teachers and members of the Civil Service, neither of which is very relevant to or goes to the root of the fevtl of government in Ireland.The Laber Delegation visited Cork. The Lord Mayor welcomed the party and escorted them to the City Hall, where they found that the police had again ejected the Sinn Fein Industrial ComSrfstJon. The Mayor vainly protested. Addressing the delegation he said IreIsskl distrusted the Liberal, Conservative and Coalition Governments. He expressed the opinion that Ireland's only hope s*y in the English Labor Party. Mr. W. Adamson (chairman of the PartoUnentary Labor Party) pTedieted that the Delegation's report to the Labor Party would be of a far reaching ifcaracler—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BAN ON NEWSPAPER REMOVED. Received Jan. 26", 12.5 a.m. k London, Jan. 24. The ban on Freeman's Journal has Men removed, and publication resumes on Wednesday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.